Columbine High School
| Columbine High School | |
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| Address | |
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6201 South Pierce Street Columbine, Colorado United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1973 |
| Principal | KC Somers[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1700[2] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Silver and blue |
| Mascot | Rebels |
| Nickname | Rebels |
| Affiliation | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Cindy Stevenson |
| Website | Columbine High School |
 The library built after the massacre | |
Columbine High School or CHS is a high school in Columbine, unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The school is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools district (not the Littleton Public Schools system). The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and one-half mile south of the Denver city/county line.[3] “Littleton” is indicated in the school’s postal address because its ZIP code, 80123, is primarily associated with that city, the seat of Arapahoe County. The official school colors are blue and silver.
History
Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973 with a capacity for 1,652 students.[4] It was named after the surrounding community of Columbine, which in turn was named after the state flower of Colorado: the columbine. The school's first principal was Gerald Difford. There was no senior class during the school's first year; its first graduating class was in 1975. The school colors were selected through a vote by students at Ken Caryl Junior High School and Bear Creek High School, who were the first to attend Columbine High School when it opened in 1973.
The school has undergone significant renovations since it first opened: in 1995, with the addition of a new cafeteria and library; in 1999-2000 (after the massacre), with interior renovations to the corridors, cafeteria, and former library; and in the early 2000s, with the addition of the new HOPE Columbine Memorial Library and a memorial on the site.[5][6][7]
Massacre
Columbine High School was the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern United States history, and the deadliest high school shooting in US history.[8] The shootings occurred on April 20, 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve students and a teacher, and wounded 23 others, before they both committed suicide. The massacre made headlines nationwide and around the world, making Columbine a household name, and causing a moral panic in American high schools.[9]
After the shooting, classes at Columbine were held at nearby Chatfield Senior High for the remaining three weeks of that school year.
The school went through a major renovation in 1995, just four years before the massacre, adding a new library and cafeteria. After the shootings, Columbine completely demolished its library, located above the cafeteria, since it was the site where the majority of the deaths occurred. The site was then turned into a memorial ceiling and atrium; a new, larger library was built on the hill where the shooting began and dedicated to the memory of the victims.[10][11]
Alumni
- Darrel Akerfelds – Major League Baseball pitcher playing with the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies from 1986 through 1991[12][13]
- Cassie Bernall – one of the 13 victims of the Columbine High School massacre
- Sera Cahoone – singer-songwriter[14]
- Skip Ewing – country songwriter and artist
- Eric Harris – one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre
- Wes Hart – MLS player who last played for the San Jose Earthquakes in 2005
- Allan Kayser – actor who played "Bubba" in the sitcom Mama's Family[15]
- Dylan Klebold - one of the perpetrators the Columbine High School massacre
- Sue Manteris – newscaster on Las Vegas TV media and channel 3; played CNN reporter Sue Tripathi in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
- Todd Park Mohr – guitarist and vocalist of Big Head Todd and the Monsters
- Brian Nevin – drummer and vocalist of Big Head Todd and the Monsters
- Melanie Palenik – 1988 Olympic gold medalist in women's freestyle aerials
- Jeanie Schroder – member of DeVotchKa
- Glenn Scott – former member of the Colorado House of Representatives
- Rachel Scott – the first of the 13 victims of the Columbine High School massacre; the youth program Rachel's Challenge was created in her memory
- Rob Squires – bass player of Big Head Todd and the Monsters
References
- ↑ "New principal chosen for Columbine High School". 7News Denver. Scipps TV Station Group. February 26, 2014.
- ↑ Great Schools Profile
- ↑ Official address
- ↑ Jefferson County Historical Commission webpage. Retrieved 2016-04-16
- ↑ HOPE Columbine Memorial Library. Retrieved 2016-04-16
- ↑ Cleaned-up Columbine reopens Monday, Fox News, January 26, 2001. Retrieved 2016-04-16
- ↑ Columbine: Memories at every turn, Denver Post. April 19, 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-16
- ↑ "Columbine High School shootings". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ Lessons from Littleton (Part I) at the National Association of Independent Schools Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ – Remodeling Of School Info Page 1
- ↑ – Remodeling Of School Info Page 2
- ↑ Baseball Almanac
- ↑ Major League Baseball
- ↑ Baca, Ricardo. "Now it's only about the music". The Denver Post. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ Allan Kayser at IMDB
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